concentration camp

Meaning

1. A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
2. A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
3. (figuratively) A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.

Synonyms

POW camp

stockade

prison camp

POW

prisoner of war camp

PW

detention camp

Kriegie

prisoner of war

PoW

Translations

Konzentrationslager

campo di concentramento

camp de concentration

concentratiekamp

campo de concentración

KZ

campo de concentração

στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης

camp de concentració

στρατόπεδο συγκεντρώσεως

temerküz kampı

toplama kampı

lager

αιχμάλωτος πολέμου

Etymology

Cognate with German: Konzentrationslager

In summary

From concentration + camp. In later use partly after German Konzentrationslager, itself a calque of the English term.